Essay on Nurses Must Provide Emotional Support to Patients

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People often hear the saying “No man is an island.” This is because every individual needs other people in order to survive. It is definitely true that the three basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter must be given to people in order to survive in their environment. However, it does not end there. Those necessities are not good enough to make someone live a happy life. In order to achieve a life worth living, one must have a good relationship with the people present in his or her surroundings. An individual must be a part of an effective social process. This could mean that he or she should be able to give and to receive emotional care from other people. Rendering care and comfort to someone is such a good feeling, but to…show more content…

In order for an individual to satisfy the need for self actualization, he or she must satisfy first the four needs since self-actualization is the highest form of need. This paper aims to explore the underlying assumptions of concepts such as care, comfort, loneliness, and isolation. It also seeks to relate these assumptions to a grand concept of relation practice. To achieve this, the world of an individual who experiences one of those concepts would be examined, specifically the situation of a female suffering from a sickness called encephalitis, using the model proposed by Abraham Maslow. In order to come up with good results, the author would conduct an in-depth analysis of the concepts and of the situation of this female who is married and has two kids. She is suffering from encephalitis and she does not have a good relationship with her husband. This paper also aims to present a description of the concepts, the limitation of the concepts, and an analysis of the discrepancies that appear in the literature regarding the concept.
Review of the Literature In exploring the concept of relation practice, it is unavoidable to look at the conditions of nurses who are providing care and comfort for the patients in the hospitals. In different

impact on healthcare has taken its toll on the number of registered nurses providing bedside care to patients, compromising patient safety and dramatically increasing the potential for negative outcomes. Several factors have immensely contributed to the nursing shortages over the years, including healthcare organizations downsizing, increased workloads, inadequate staffing plans and job dissatisfaction. Mandated nurse-to-patient staffing ratios have been implemented in several states to date with…

Many nurses face the issue of understaffing and having too much of a workload during one shift. When a unit is understaffed not only do the nurses get burnt out, but the patients also don’t receive the care they deserve. The nurse-patient ratio is an aspect that gets overlooked in many facilities that could lead to possible devastating errors. Nurse- patient ratio issues have been a widely studied topic and recently new changes have been made to improve the problem.
Identifying and maintaining…

as food, clothing, and shelter must be given to people in order to survive in their environment. However, it does not end there. Those necessities are not good enough to make someone live a happy life. In order to achieve a life worth living, one must have a good relationship with the people present in his or her surroundings. An individual must be a part of an effective social process. This could mean that he or she should be able to give and to receive emotional care from other people.
Rendering…

aim of this assignment is to demonstrate how Peplau's concept of the nurse-patient relationship can be used to influence an incident in practise. I have chosen to focus on the nurse-patient relationship, as I am in the early stages of my adult nurse training and I feel it would be beneficial to understand this relationship more accurately.
The first part of this assignment defines a concept and briefly outlines the nurse-patient relationship as a concept. The second part focusses and outlines Peplau's…

Watson defined therapeutic nurse-patient relationship as “a helping relationship that’s based on mutual trust and respect, the nurturing of faith and hope, being sensitive to self and others, and assisting with the gratification of your patient’s physical, emotional, and spiritual needs through your knowledge and skill” ( as quoted in Pullen, 2010, p.4). Nurse’s are expected to portray and act professionally, legally and ethically in order to established an effective nurse-client relationship. The…

further to argue that nurses and patients are supposed to have a mutual relationship based on trust and respect, which would help foster the patient’s physiological and psychological needs towards recovery.
The aforementioned phenomenon was exhibited when a group of nursing students went on a professional cultural immersion to Toronto, Canada and they discovered that diverse or differential cultures existing between the nurses and the patient may create an obstacle to nurses-patient’s relationships…

PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SLEEP
1 UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP
1.1 How does sleep contributes to an individual’s wellbeing?
Sleep is important for our health and well-being. Extensive research has been done on the effects of sleep. These studies consistently show that sleep plays a vital role in promoting physical health, longevity, and emotional well-being. This explains why, after a good night's sleep, we feel better, our thoughts are clearer, and our emotions are less fragile. Without…

Mandatory Hospital Nurse-To Patient Ratio in the Healthcare Field
(Professor/Instructor)
November 07, 2011
Mandated nurse-to-patient ratios are a controversial topic in healthcare. In this practice, state laws are established that require a certain level of staffing within a particular unit. Organizations such as hospitals must balance income with expenditures, and nurses and patients may be affected by these decisions. Mandating ratios is one attempt at ensuring nurses’ workloads do not exceed…

Provide support for mobility
(HSC 2002)
Outcome 1 Understand the importance of mobility
1. define mobility
Mobility is defined as,
* being able to move or be moved freely and easily
* the ability to move physically
* The ability to move a part of the body
2. explain how different health conditions may affect and be affected by mobility
No matter an individuals age, level of disability or infirmity it is important that everyone maintains some level of exercise. There are a vast range…

great opportunity to take advantage of; it is used for patients who are not to be recovered from their illness but rather to provide comfort and emotional support to the terminally ill, resulting in the patient being as comfortable as possible. The caregiver and patient can also have an extra support system from the nurse and interdisciplinary team. Not everyone understands what hospice is and has different views on what it may offer to the patient and family. According to the National Hospice and Palliative…